Campaign success: UNESCO suspends controversial prize
The UN body mandated to promote education, culture and science has announced a review of a controversial prize sponsored by the President of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea following lobbying by Global Witness, other non-governmental organisations, and some Member States.
Global Witness Director, Simon Taylor, welcomed the review but said member states "should make an effort to insist the prize is removed as it is a blatant abuse of UNESCO's name in the most cynical way".